Four steroidal glycosides including deltoside and nolinofuroside D and two novel saponins wereisolated from
underground parts of
Allium nutans L. On the basis of the spectral (LSIMS and NMR)analysis, the
structures of the new compounds were established as 25
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5-spirostan 3
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-ol-3-
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-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1
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2)-[
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D-glucopyranosyl(1
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4)]-
O-
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D-galactopyranoside} and 25
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5-spirostan1
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-diol 1-
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D-galactopyranoside. On the basis of the extraction efficiency, the concentration ofsaponins was established to be about 4% of dry matter, which makes this species a good source ofsteroidal saponins for commercial use.Keywords: Allium nutans; steroidal saponins; diosgenin; ruscogenin; glycosides